The story is set in a rural
community in Canada in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. It is a book about relationships. The
story revolves around the Dunn family farm. We know from the beginning that Arthur Dunn and
his younger brother Jake have always had a turbulent relationship. Ian,
who is fifteen, goes to work on the Dunn’s farm to escape the tensions of his
home life and because he has a schoolboy infatuation with Arthur’s beautiful
wife, Laura. Ian becomes adept at
helping on the farm and gradually gets to know and respect the sometimes
reticent Arthur. Everything seems peaceful on the farm until
the day that Jake comes home. The
chapters alternate between Arthur’s point of view in the 1930s and Ian’s point
of view in the 1950s.
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